Record number of concealed carry permits issued in 2013

2:15 PM,
Mar. 3, 2014

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Ohio broke another record for concealed carry licenses in 2013 after Ohio sheriffs issued nearly 97,000 new licenses - a 50 percent increase from 2012.

Ohio sheriffs issued 96,972 new concealed carry licenses and 48,370 renewals in 2013, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced in a news release Friday. The number of new concealed carry licenses has increased each year since 2010, but 2013 was a significant spike, according to concealed carry statistics.

In Crawford County, 524 new licenses were issued in 2013, more than double the new licenses issued in 2012, according to DeWine's ...